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Review: 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid achieves Prius-like fuel economy

Baua Electric

Here’s what you need to know after Green Car Reports spent a morning driving a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid prototype around Montreal. 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Civic Hybrid mpg: Fuel-sipping standout Honda said the Civic Hybrid’s fuel economy ratings check in at 50 mpg city, 47 highway, and 49 combined.

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Top Five Green-Car Stories Of 2011: MPGs, Electric Cars, And More

Green Car Reports

Yep, it's almost the end of the year, which means reams of roundup stories from all your favorite auto websites. Here's our take on the five most important stories--or perhaps themes--of 2011 in the growing world of green cars. New fuel economy rules: 54.5 Nope, we're not that different: We've got one too.

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DOE revises petroleum equivalency factor for EVs, tightening CAFE requirements – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has revised its procedures for calculating the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of EVs. The Petroleum Equivalency Factor (PEF) is used by the EPA to assess automakers’ compliance with the DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

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New 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid undercuts MG3 to be Australia’s cheapest electrified car: But should it actually be called a hybrid?

EV Central

The Swift range starts with the $24,490 Hybrid with five-speed manual, climbs to $26,990 for the Swift Hybrid CVT auto, then steps up to $28,490 for the Swift Hybrid Plus auto and tops out with the Swift GLX auto for $29,490. The Swift Hybrid powertrain offers combined outputs of 61kW/112Nm and a fuel economy average of 3.8L/100km

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Volvo’s highest-mileage plug-in hybrid is going away

Baua Electric

production left open the possibility that the S60 would continue here as an import, but Volvo has now confirmed to Green Car Reports that this won’t be the case. as an import,” Volvo spokesperson Russell Datz told Green Car Reports. The end of U.S. 2025 Volvo S60 “S60 will not continue in the U.S.

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Autopilot nomenclature, 2017 Ford F-150 gas mileage, Fisker graphene battery: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, California considers restricting use of the term "auto-pilot," the 2017 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck gets a slight bump in fuel economy with its new 10-speed automatic transmission, and Henrik Fisker says his proposed electric car will use graphene batteries. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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2019 VW Jetta gas mileage, India's electric cars, Accord Hybrid MPG, Smart EQ: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we're still cleaning up our list of stories from last week's Geneva auto show, including an electric-car admission and a disappointing debut, along with fuel-economy ratings for the 2019 VW Jetta sedan and this year's new Honda Accord Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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